Boris Garcia‘s new album Around Some Corner is concurrently refreshing and reminiscent. Producer Tim Carbone gelled conspicuously with the pop-Americana sextet, polishing off their most developed offering to date. The Philadelphia based group doesn’t seem to care about proving themselves as genre bending or cutting edge since their songwriting, and musical sincerity shines beyond anything… Continue reading Boris Garcia: Around Some Corner | Review
On Saturday night Grateful Shred, an Americana Grateful Dead tribute act from Los Angeles, came to Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown, CA to Steal the Face off of the High Desert. Pappy & Harriet’s is a gem of Southern California, holding a whopping 300 people on the indoor stage and having hosted rock-and-roll legends Robert… Continue reading Grateful Shred | Pioneertown, CA | 7/8/17
Never before had an audience seemed so intrigued by set break music than at GD50, when Circles Around the Sun began streaming through the sound system. The album, titled Interludes for the Dead, was a piece of music created specifically for that very occasion, the once in a lifetime reunion of the remaining members of… Continue reading Circles Around the Sun @ Boulder Theater
I had the treat to head to Chicago from my northern Indiana home and catch the good ol’ Grateful Dead at Wrigley Field on July 1, 2017. I shouldn’t say it was the Grateful Dead, though, as this entity, called Dead and Company, is a very different animal, containing three original members of the Dead… Continue reading Dead & Company | Wrigley Field | 7/1/17
The Grateful Dead brings people together. It’s bigger than the music; it’s the experience that the music creates. And once you get into it, you’re not getting out of it. Before writing this, I consistently circled back to the Dead community and how my connection to the music – to the experience – is woven… Continue reading Dark Star Orchestra | Minnesota | 6/22/17
It’s peculiar to think about, but the album, as we know, it is dying off. The single already takes precedent, for those bands that are looking to reach the widest number of listens on the pop charts. The major upside to the current state of the music business is that the live concert experience has… Continue reading The Stringdusters: Laws of Gravity – Live
River Edge Park in Aurora, IL hosted a beautiful evening of Dark Star Orchestra on 6/24 ’17. While Chicagoland eagerly awaits the upcoming Dead & Co shows at Wrigley Field next weekend, a metro train ride out to the burbs provided 1500 guests a way to chill out by the mighty Fox River. It was… Continue reading Dark Star Orchestra | River Edge Park
Formed from weekly shows at Phil Lesh‘s Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, CA, the Terrapin Family Band featuring Ross James, Grahame Lesh, Jason Crosby and Alex Koford, has become the venue’s official house band. Terrapin Crossroads’ constant free bar shows, often featuring bandleader Phil, have created an opportunity for the young musicians of Terrapin Crossroads… Continue reading nugs.tv Tonight: Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band
Any event surrounding the Star Wars legacy is sure to be an intergalactic extravaganza. If one combines that with the power of the forward thinking Colorado Symphony, they are left with a sonic experience that is truly out of this world. This symphony has been hot as of late. Within the last few years, they… Continue reading Colorado Symphony Presents the Music of Star Wars
In the continued year-long celebration of the late Jerry Garcia’s 75th birthday, a special sold-out concert celebration has been announced for August 4 at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and GarciaLive Volume Nine: August 11, 1974 – Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders (Round Records/ATO Records) is set for release on July 28. GarciaLive Volume Nine is… Continue reading GarciaLive Volume Nine July 28 Release
